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“If you see an antimatter version of yourself running towards you, think twice before embracing.” -J. Richard Gott III It may not occur to you that it’s a special thing that the Earth and everything found on it is made of matter; it seems intuitive that it couldn’t be any other way. And yet, the…

“Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.” -Craig Ferguson Earlier this week, evidence was presented measuring a very rare decay rate — albeit not incredibly precisely — which point towards the Standard Model being it as far as new particles accessible to colliders (such as the LHC) go.…

Those of you who keep up with your news may have seen this headline on CNN last week: Star Explodes Halfway Across Universe. What they’re talking about is a Gamma-Ray Burst, which was so bright that, despite being 7.5 billion light years (that’s 2.3 Gpc) away, it was still visible on Earth with the naked…